golden scales

Lu Suyao was wearing a public uniform, holding in her hand the achievements of the Second Guards Army in northern Liaoning.According to the rewards during the Chongzhen period of the Apocalypse, the head of an Eastern captive or a Tatar was worth five taels of silver, but nowadays, not to mention silver rewards, even sacred oracle rewards are rare.

Rare things are more expensive.

Now defeating the Tartars will not make news at all, only being defeated by the Tartars will make headlines.However, the price of this headline is too high, no Ming general dares to joke about his official life.

Lu Suyao waited outside the Wenhua Hall, and after a while, she saw the three ministers from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Households come out.When every minister passed by Lu Suyao's side, he nodded slightly, which was an appropriate expression of respect among his colleagues.

Only Yao Tao, Minister of the Household Department, not only nodded, but also gave a tired smile.

Lu Suyao had never met Yao Tao in the palace, and it was not until she entered the hidden residence that she saw this female official who was both an enemy and friend for the first time.It seems that since I met her, she has never been relaxed, and she always looks tired.When I was in Shandong, I heard that she was so tired that she urinated blood, but she never refused to rest. She was a more stubborn and tenacious workaholic than today.

Lu Suyao returned a smile to Yao Tao, and even bowed her body.Now the status of the two has been compared. Although Lu Suyao is called "Xiao Jiuqing", she is actually the "Yin Jun" of Sherenke, and she cannot sit on an equal footing with a minister like Yao Tao.

Remembering that she and Yao Tao both had the idea of ​​being chosen as the prince's concubine back then, and secretly schemed against each other, Lu Suyao couldn't help but smile.I entered the palace at the age of 14, and all I learned was serving people. I was sent to the Qiandi to educate the crown prince in personnel affairs.And Yao Tao was chosen under the name of the Shang Palace since entering the palace, and she learned about infighting in the palace, accounting management, and her starting point was many floors higher than her own.

Now that there is a country, and the second son of the emperor is also growing up healthily, it is impossible for him to create a concubine with his current personality.Both Lu Suyao and Yao Tao knew that they had given up thinking about it, and the only thing that could comfort them was seeing the Holy Son of Heaven every day.

Lu Suyao tidied up her clothes.Just about to go in to play something, a female officer chased after him.

"Aunt Lu," the female official said in a low voice, "Yao Shangshu invites Auntie to meet up at noon today."

Lu Suyao listened intently, nodded, and walked in without stopping.

Playing the process is very simple.With the relationship between Lu Suyao and Zhu Cihong, most of the etiquette can already be omitted.Zhu Cihong agreed with Liaoning's progress, and at the same time thought of Haixi.Now Donglu has given up his honorary title, and he is mainly dedicated to Ming Dynasty, but the small core is still there, so we can't take it lightly.

After recording Haixi's order, Zhu Cihong said again: "The civil affairs in the Monan area must keep up. Even if there is no condition to build a city, at least a stockade must be erected. Trade with the herdsmen who have surrendered, so that they will form a dependence on Daming."

Lu Suyao nodded and remembered, after confirming that there were no new orders, she exited the Wenhua Palace.

After sorting out a few more documents and reviewing the compilation of important news from various places, it was finally time for lunch.Lu Suyao ate four dishes, one soup and a small mouthful of rice alone in the office, drank a cup of tea to clear her mouth, and immediately got up and went to the veranda for female officials to rest.

Yao Tao was already waiting there.

"Mr. Yin is late." Yao Tao laughed.

"It's Da Situ who came early." Lu Suyao responded with a light smile.Seeing Yao Tao's sagging skin caused by staying up late, he suddenly couldn't help but think: I'm afraid it's the same for me.

Yao Tao is used to being straight to the point.Such a greeting was already enough pleasantries for her.She said: "That's right. The Ministry of Officials suggested setting up a women's university at the same level as the colleges in various provinces to train female officials. The Ministry of Rites believes that it is possible to set up women's elementary schools, women's rural schools, and women's schools on the side of the current education system. And Not only for the purpose of cultivating female officials, but also for the convenience of teaching women how to run a family and manage money, how to care for their husbands and raise their children."

Lu Suyao said: "This is the eternal virtuous government! I don't know what orders the Great Situ called me?"

"Don't dare to take orders." Yao Tao didn't dare to take them seriously, and said bluntly: "You have been by His Majesty's side all these years, and you have a deep understanding of the holy will. I think about it. I can ask you to write a book to teach some tips and tricks for assisting assistants. guidelines."

Lu Suyao responded, and said: "This matter is not difficult. In fact, His Majesty has mentioned that 'secretary' is also a skill."

"At court Zuojun, at home with husband, the truth is always the same." Yao Tao said.

Lu Suyao agreed: "I've made a note of this, but I don't know why these stubborn old men suddenly changed their sex and cared about women like us?"

Yao Tao sneered and said, "Did they change their sex at the time? Now most of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials are placed on female officials. They also know that female officials are hard-working and obedient, but they think it is indecent to mix men and women to study, so they think about it." Something about the women's school."

Lu Suyao smiled wryly: "It's up to them what they think, but there is nothing wrong with letting women study. Can the Ministry of Households squeeze out such a large sum of money?"

"What can't be done?" Yao Tao raised her eyebrows, sighed suddenly, and said, "Once we enter the palace gate, it's as deep as the sea. In the future, we will be old and unable to be driven. If there is no one to take over, what should we do?" ? For the sake of the future, this female school must not lose any money."

"Will there be obstacles in the place?" Lu Suyao asked again.

"Don't worry about it. Huang Ruixue from the Ministry of Rites has a temperament like a strong horse. She is very strict about education and inspections. Waiting for the officials to dare not touch her bad luck." Yao Tao laughed.

Lu Suyao also smiled: "I chose her. I didn't expect her to be a general now."

Yao Tao was not surprised, and said: "You should walk around with her more, the female officer's airs are too tired to be supported by us alone."

Lu Suyao nodded.

Huang Ruixue's father participated in politics in Huguang, and supervised food and Changsha Road. The next step is to govern the province.More importantly, Huang Ruixue's husband is the youngest general in Ming Dynasty, Wang Yi and Wang Fuchen who are in charge of the tank division.The tank division has repeatedly made outstanding achievements in the battle of restoring the country. Everyone knows that the northern border is difficult and dangerous, so hand it over to them. Wang Yi's future in the future is really limitless.

With these two relationships, plus Huang Ruixue's own status in the Ministry of Rites, she can indeed be a pillar among female officials.

"She, is there anything she's not used to after marrying an officer?" Lu Suyao asked suddenly.

"Wang Yi is her father's student, and her father's 'Officer of Criminals' was removed because of Wang Yi's military exploits." Yao Tao said, "I'm afraid the two of you have already had love and concubine intentions, how can you not get used to it?"

Lu Suyao laughed dryly.

Yao Tao sighed suddenly, and said: "My good sister, you and I entered the palace at a young age, who is not lonely forever? Now that we have such good luck, we are much better than the aunts and mothers in the past, so we dare not have anything Think differently."

"What other thoughts can I have? I am too busy with my daily business." Lu Suyao said with a light smile, "I still hope to become an official with no faults, and then go to a women's school to be a professor."

Yao Tao smiled and said, "Heroes see the same thing!"

……

Although Yao Tao was very lenient towards women's schools, raising money from all directions, so as not to cause a shortage of funds, Daming's education had already embarked on the track of a compulsory system, and every additional student would put more pressure on the state's finances.In particular, the Northern Expedition strategy and the development of Australia are all loss-making transactions where the cost is higher than the income, so it is inevitable that Longjing's financial figures for the second year will become a bit ugly.

"Emperor, should we rest for a period of time?" Chongzhen had been very worried after reading the first year's financial report, and finally couldn't help persuading him.

Zhu Cihong shook his head imperceptibly.

As a professional manager, it was difficult for Zhu Cihong to understand the state's vigorous efforts to maintain a unified mentality in his previous life.In his opinion, even an island in the East China Sea and the South China Sea cannot be spared, because it is related to oil fishing grounds and combustible ice... But why keep those things that have no place?It's better to let them fend for themselves. As long as China is strong, they will still beg for a Chinese hukou.

Only when he truly stood on the national level did Zhu Cihong laugh at himself for being naive in his previous life.

"Now, taking advantage of the weakness of the Mongols and the rise of the Russians, I have pushed the border of Ming Dynasty to a position that is beneficial to me, and future generations can benefit from it." Zhu Cihong simply explained.

The border between China and Russia in later generations is [-] kilometers long; the border with Kazakhstan is [-] kilometers long; the border with Tajikistan is about [-] kilometers long; the border with Kyrgyzstan is [-] kilometers long; and the border with Mongolia China's national border is the longest, with a full length of more than [-] kilometers.

The addition of these lengths means that the border of [-] kilometers may be attacked at any time.In order to avoid the deterioration of relations with neighboring countries, the national finance will have to pay huge benefits to ensure national security and avoid greater war losses.

Zhu Cihong's Great Northern Expedition declared to the outside world that it was to conquer the vast land in the north and block the Russians in Europe.In fact, once the war machine is activated, it is logical for the Ming army to drive away the Mongols and pursue Oara westward.

Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan are all the land of the Mongols today, and the legal and rational reasons for capturing these places are very good.

With the Ural Mountains and the Ural River as the border in the northwest, it continues to the Himalayas, so the border is only about [-] kilometers away. Considering the difference in terrain, the land defense pressure of China in Zhu Cihong's previous life is reduced by more than two-thirds.

If it can directly advance to the Caspian Sea and border on the Ottoman Empire—what Ming called the Ottomans—the Ming can become a real world empire, obtain a wider Islamic market, exert direct influence on Europe, and even distort the world track of development.

If such a huge strategic layout and such a huge profit return can be completed in only 20 years, Daming is simply picking up a treasure.

In contrast, Nanyang, which does not even have rubber, is just a small place to earn some pocket money. (To be continued..)

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